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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 SPEED LIMIT REQUESTS The public works committee for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) has received three requests from residents in Casselman, Russell Township, and Alfred-Plantagenet Township for rural speed limit changes. The requests concern Ste-Marie Road north of the Route 400 intersection in Russell Township, County Road 3 between Route 500 West and the Highway 417 overpass near Cassel- man, and the section of County Road 9 entering the Village of Plantagenet. All requests are 50 kilometres an hour speed limits. The committee will forward its recommendations for the February 20 UPCR council session.

The Ontario Government hopes to re- duce the risk of barn fires this winter. The latter recently unveiled resources to help farmers reduce the risk of barn fires this winter, the time when most barn fires occur. «As a former volunteer firefighter who has witnessed the devastation caused by barn fires, I am always saddened when we face these kinds of losses on our farms,» said &SOJF)BSEFNBO
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urges all members to read and access these new resources on barn fire prevention. Assessing fire risk on our farms is critical to the wellbeing of our livestock and our livelihoods,» said Keith Currie, President, 0'" Some of the strategies outlined are to have a contingency plan ready to deal with Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a récemment dévoilé des ressources afin d’aider les agriculteurs à réduire les risques d’incendie de grange cet hiver, le temps de l’année où ont lieu la plupart de ces incendies. —photo archives